Officials investigate the scene of a multiple vehicle accident where six people were killed on the westbound Pomona Freeway in Diamond Bar, Calif., on Sunday morning, Feb. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune,Watchara Phomicinda)

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The driver in a wrong-way crash that killed six people early Sunday had restrictions on her driver's license from a previous drunk driving conviction and other traffic violations—restrictions that were lifted just last week, the Los Angeles Times reports. Olivia Carolee Culbreath, 21, is suspected of being drunk when she drove her Camaro 100mph the wrong way on a California freeway; she was previously convicted of drunk driving when she was 17. Sunday's crash killed Culbreath's sister Maya, 24, and friend Kristin Melissa Young, 21, as well as four members of a family traveling in the Explorer Culbreath hit: Gregorio Mejia-Martinez, 47; Leticia Ibarra, 42; Jessica Jasmine Mejia, 20; and Ester Delgado, 80.

Maya Culbreath also had multiple DUI convictions; her license was revoked at the time of the crash, the Times notes. Olivia Culbreath survived and has been arrested on suspicion of DUI causing great bodily injury and manslaughter. Joel Cortez, 57, who was driving a third vehicle that the Explorer collided with, also survived with minor injuries. He tells the Times that after the crash, as he looked out his window, he heard someone scream, "There are bodies all over." In Florida, where another wrong-way crash killed five people Sunday morning, police are still searching for answers, Fox 13 reports. The wrong-way driver, who was among those killed, has not been identified publicly. Police are still investigating whether drugs were involved, where the driver got on the interstate, and whether he was intentionally on the wrong side of the road.

I know it would be costly but it would save lives in these situations. They should put tire punchers on all off ramps. Like you see at amusement parks. As long as you drive over them the right direction, they don't hurt anything. But if you drive over them the wrong way, they quickly deflate all the tires on the vehicle. It would work better than the stop sticks cops use because tire punchers rip huge gashes in the rubber. If the person tries to go highway speeds the rubber falls off the rim and they lose control.

Lou Bernardo

Feb 11, 2014 10:35 PM CST

Too bad she didn't hit a tree and kill herseof years before. Her parents should be proud of their kid.

Reader55549798

Feb 11, 2014 2:09 PM CST

I hope her kids' foster parents remind those kids to stay away from alcohol completely when they are older. Probably most anything else addictive as well, this family seems to have addiction issues. I'm so sorry for the victims families unnecessarily grieving due to this family's many poor decisions in the past and recently.